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- (Narration) The street full of nostalgic eats.
Sindang Tteokbokki Town.
For some reason, today is a Sunday to eat stir-fried rice cakes.
The street where first love and tteokbokki, or stir-fried rice cakes, cooked up.
And that girl.
- This is Sindang area.
- Sindang area?
- Yeah, Sin-dang area.
Kyung-kyu, when I first filmed a show with you
23 years ago, I came here once.
- Here?
- When I first came out on TV, I heard that the tteokbokki
in Sindang area were famous. There was this one street.
- I know.
- This must be that street.
- (Narration) When the Korean War ended in 1953,
starting with Grandma Ma Bong-rim's spicy teokbokki,
the tteokbokki streets of Sindang area came to being.
- For tteokbokki, there's a DJ.
- What?
- There's a DJ box.
- Where?
- Inside.
- Oh.
Was there originally a DJ box in tteokbokki places long ago?
- Yeah.
- (Narration) In the 80s, the DJ boxes were the icons of the tteokbokki streets.
In the heyday of high school baseball, after the games ended at the nearby
Dongdaemun Baseball Stadium, the street would be filled with students.
The DJs enjoyed popularity similar to that of idols of today.
- Kyung-kyu, it's lunchtime, and there are a lot of people.
- Can we take a look?
- Sure.
- But Kyung-kyu, there are too many people.
- There's a DJ here.
- We'll play your song request.
DJ DOC's Hurricane Park.
Greetings to our customers.
In this historic and traditional Sindang Tteokbokki Street,
I just arrived 30 minutes ago. I'm DJ Gook.
Hello.
Isn't it hot today?
On this hot day.
Hello.
- Since when did you DJ?
- 30 minutes ago.
- I mean, how long have you been working here?
- About 20 minutes.
- What?
- 20 minutes.
- How long have you worked here?
- About 20 minutes.
- Is this your first day today?
- This is my first day.
- Good luck.
- Yes, thank you.
Everyone, our national MCs, Kang Ho-dong and Lee Kyung-kyu, have come.
Please give them a big applause.
To the one who cheers the loudest, we'll give you a free bottle of cider.
The customer with the black hat, I'll treat you to a free bottle.
- Kyung-kyu.
- They went out.
What am I to do?
- Do you know why DJ boxes popped up in tteokbokki places?
- Why?
- When you went to the DJ box, I talked with the manager.
When they first opened, their main customers were students.
So when the students came to eat, the owners made a DJ box
for the students to make song requests.
Huh?
Why?
- Did you not see?
- I didn't.
- Not that. There was a DJ.
I went to the DJ and asked him.
How long have you been working here?
He said for 30 minutes.
So I...
- He's our guest, then.
- Kyung-kyu, we shouldn't go further. We should go back.
- Min-gook, Han-gook.
Song Il-gook.
- Huh?
Dae-han, Min-gook, Man-se?
- Yeah.
- Song Il-gook is our guest?
- The guy with the sunglasses looked a lot like Song Il-gook.
- The triplets.
Dae-han, Min-gook, Man-se.
I was wondering why we went in here.
Is there someone famous here?
- Oh, man.
- It's because of the sunglasses.
Oh my.
- Look here.
- Hello.
- (Narration) Super Daddy Song Il-gook, who volunteered to be today's guest.
- You didn't recognize me at all? - I didn't.
- You're kidding.
- Really.
- I said I started working 20 minutes ago.
- I...
- Anyway, Kyung-kyu is not the type to
listen deeply to what other people say.
- That's not it.
He kept answering off the point.
- I need to reed one more story.
- Sure, sure.
- Please sit for just a sec.
- We won't bother you.
- Hello, everyone.
I will read you a story.
Ice Cold Beauty from Bangi area sent this in.
I guess she's a cold person.
It was 1995, 23 years ago.
There was a young friend with a runny nose who liked me and chased me around.
That person must have had rhinitis.
He had a face twice the size of others,
a body three times bigger,
and a heart ten times bigger.
He talked as if he'd love only me for the rest of his life, but one day,
he married another woman.
He's bad boy.
Actually, I couldn't confess at that time, but I liked that friend too.
I know it's late, but I want to meet him and tell him now.
Anyway, chubby Ho-dong, do you know who your first love is?
I miss you.
Who is it?
- I'm scared.
Tell her not to come out.
- Please come out.
- Really?
Who sent in the story?
- Ho-dong. Ho-dong.
- 23 years ago...
- Ho-dong. - Over there.
- Ho-dong.
Ho-dong.
- Joo-mi.
- Ho-dong.
- Nice to meet you.
- Hello.
- (Narration) Goddess Park Joo-mi has come looking for her first love.
- Hello.
- Kyung-kyu, my first love.
- I know.
Rain Shower.
- Rain Shower.
- (Narration) Ho-dong's first love during his Rain Shower years.
Ho-dong has finally met Park Joo-mi in 23 years.
- You could mistake someone with someone else.
Wow, Kyung-kyu.
But there are some you shouldn't be able to not recognize at a glance.
- With those sunglasses on, he really seemed like a DJ.
I thought he was a DJ. - I honestly..
- This.
- Thank you.
- I really sorry, but my wife got rid of our TV at home.
- Many houses don't have TV these days.
- So I've only watched short clips of this show
and not the full episode.
So I don't know the rules very well.
- It's not that hard.
We'll explain to you as we go.
- I know the basics.
- There are about 300 rules, so you won't know even if we told you right now.
We'll tell you as we go, and you just need to play along.
- Also, Sindang area is a nostalgic neighborhood.
This is a special episode of memories.
- That's right.
- Because Joo-mi is a woman from my memories.
My first love from the past. - Ho-dong.
- (Narration) A trip down memory lane.
Sindang area in Jung District of Seoul.
Divided into Sindang Area 1 through 6,
the area is the key point of this honey-combed place.
In the streets filled with memories, which memories will they taste?
Let's Eat Dinner Together, Episode 37.
Back Then, It Was So.
- Are you done now?
- Yes.
- Okay.
Let's go.
- Let's go.
- Are we starting now? - We're going.
- Do we grab a passerby and ask where he lives?
- No, no.
- That's too fast.
- We can't do this?
- No, we can't.
We're looking at houses.
- Il-gook, try however you want to try.
- When I do something
- and it's not right, you'll stop me.
- We can do that.
Il-gook, what memories do you have of Sindang area?
- When I was young, I came here a lot to eat.
I lived nearby, so I came to eat tteokbokki
with my friends often.
- Are you from Seoul?
- Yes.
- Since I grew up in the provinces, when I was on Rain Shower 23 years ago,
I personally came to Sindang to eat the tteokbokki here.
But back then, I think there were a lot more stores than right now.
- Really?
A lot has disappeared.
- Compared to long ago, a lot has disappeared.
- They're all tteokbokki stores. - According to my memories.
- Also, with the growth of tteokbokki franchises,
the food rapidly became popular, so many places left.
Is this your first time going in here?
- It's my first time in this area.
- When you look here, look closely to the door bells.
- We're already in Sindang area.
We've walked into Sindang area.
- Do we start from now on?
- Can we stop a passerby?
- We can't do that. - We can't?
We have to press the door bell.
- Then if someone's coming out...
- You can't do that either.
If we just ring the door bell and go in...
- Only the door bell.
- We can't try the churches or temples, right?
- No, no.
- Homes. - Only homes.
Are we eating dinner?
- We explore the area until 6PM.
- Oh, are we exploring now?
- We're exploring.
- This show...
- Il-gook, don't just walk. Check out the vibe.
- Do we have to look around while walking?
- Of course.
Will this house be alright to try out? Or will this house be good?
Like this.
- Can we recruit in advance?
- No.
- Not even that?
- Man, you ask so many questions.
Do as you are told.
You are very curious.
- Have you succeeded in one try?
- Okay, okay.
I saw Song Yoon-ah's episode.
- Song Yoon-ah succeeded in one try.
- If we succeed on our first try, do we go in, film, and leave quickly?
- Leave fast?
We should talk about many things with that person and then leave.
- He really came out knowing nothing.
- I really don't know.
- Since he doesn't know, he's very vulnerable.
We can tell him to go over there
and keep making him press the door bell.
- It's hot.
It's hot today.
- It's hot.
- There are many hills.
- Also, there are many multi-family housings.
They're detached houses too, right?
- Multi-family.
- This is so fun.
- This is fun.
- Someone could grab this and go.
But what are these?
There are flowers too.
Can anyone who needs these take them home?
- You can look in the mirror as you pass by.
- Right. I should look in the mirror.
- How useful is that?
- My, my.
- I think they're meant to be taken.
- Instead of sending them to a recycling center, not just this household but
maybe the other households too, as a community,
bring out their stuff here to share with everyone.
- Wouldn't they put up a sign saying it's okay to take them?
- I know.
- That you can take them.
- But the residents here would know.
Although there's no sign, they could take them home.
Kyung-kyu, were we standing around for too long?
- Why?
- Did I irritate you?
- No, no.
- I keep watching out for him.
- You didn't irritate me.
- This is a good idea.
They just didn't stick these in.
They filled the bottles so the water can come out
to keep the plants from dying in the heat.
- We're having a drought, and it needs to rain.
- Yes.
- We're encountering wisdom on the way.
- I know.
- On this road.
Did you like that expression?
Encountering wisdom on the way.
- You seemed very intelligent.
- Praise Ho-dong.
- (Narration) With first love Joo-mi's praise,
the excited Ho-dong has fallen into nostalgia.
- 23 years ago, we got to know each other through the show, Rain Shower,
and I saw you, man, I thought you were a real angel.
She's pretty now too. How pretty would she have been 23 years ago?
- Let's wait a bit.
- Wow, they look really happy back there.
- Theses are typical houses from long ago.
- Right, when we were little 30 years ago,
there were many nice houses like these.
- Western-style houses with two floors.
Western-style houses with two floors. - Yes, yes.
- These are grapes.
Green grapes.
These are grapes for sure.
- (Narration) Like the fresh green grapes, the two have gone back to their youths.
- Please pick me a small one.
Just one grape.
Since we shouldn't pick what's other's.
That's right.
Not even one grape.
That's right.
You're remarkable.
Oh my, you're remarkable.
We shouldn't, we shouldn't.
I thought one would be okay.
Oh, no, no.
- My goodness.
You're very talkative.
- I'm a married woman.
I fear nothing in this world now.
I'm good at side kicks too.
I fly towards my son
and grab him like this.
- This is someone else.
Long ago, she was reserved.
- You both are the same now.
You both became talkative.
You are in no position to say that she has become talkative.
- Was I not that talkative 23 years ago?
- You weren't talkative.
He talks so much now.
From about 2~3 years ago, his body went through changes
and he has become so talkative.
- The female hormones?
- I guess so.
- Your eyes keep tearing up.
- He does.
- I keep tearing up when I see something beautiful.
I cry looking at flowers.
To my surprise.
- I didn't talk a lot either.
But after I had kids and started raising them,
I think I've changed a lot.
- I think I've become talkative because I play with the kids.
Kyung-kyu plays with his dogs.
- So he doesn't talk much.
- He's happy when he cleans up after his dogs' poop.
He's a strange man.
- He really loves them.
I really think it's because of your kids.
- I became like a middle-aged lady.
- There are many factories in Dongdaemun area, so there are many sewing machines.
- (Narration) Located near the clothing market of Dongdaemun,
many sewing factories can be seen within the residential area of Sindang.
- Fashion, specializing in ladies' wear.
- Your reaction.
- It's because just a while ago, I really wanted to buy a sewing machine.
Nowadays, you call housewives professional homemakers.
So I... - Use that as a mic.
- Professional homemakers are good at housekeeping and educating their children.
So for home decor... Nowadays, sewing machines...
- On this hot day. - They're no longer just for adults.
I'm sorry.
I talked too much.
- See?
You just give her a theme,
and she can talk anything about it.
- No, that's not it. I asked her about something else,
and she's talking off the point.
- A while ago, I washed my linen curtains, and they had shrunk.
I thought it'd be nice to have a sewing machine.
It's a popular item among housewives.
Nowadays.
- You didn't have to talk about your curtains.
- Yes, sure.
- So did you buy a sewing machine or not?
- I didn't.
- She didn't.
- Because.
- You didn't?
- I thought I wouldn't use it so much.
But now that I'm here, I want to buy a sewing machine again.
- So you were talking about how you didn't buy one
until now?
- Yes.
- Even if she did, she'd still talk about it.
- I'd be sewing away at home.
- Thank goodness you didn't buy one.
- Back then, Joo-mi was so quiet and now...
- A while ago, I made a new friend, and she knows your wife.
They ran into each other at some tennis tournament,
She exclaimed that the son of a Korean wrestling champion is quite different.
That small child stood up to the big boys.
- You two go somewhere else.
You two go and do another show.
Go film I Miss You My Friend or something.
Don't.
Don't come out. - Oh, really.
- You two stay together in front of the camera and film
I Miss You My Friend
What are you making of Song Il-gook on this show?
He spoke only three or four sentences.
What's this?
- Arirang Hill, the second story of Sindang area.
- They went over to the Wangsimni Cemetery in Geumo area.
- Do you know what 'Ari arirang suri surirang' means?
- Ari arirang.
- Suri surirang.
What would it mean, Joo-mi?
Ari, suri.
- Aching (arida), burning (surida).
- That's right.
- Is that it?
- It means it aches and burns.
- Burns?
- I'm not completely sure.
I heard it from somewhere.
I remember someone I knew said that.
- Also, if it's that situation...
- Right, it's not letting go of the dead.
Right?
- (Narration) They go over and past the Arirang Hill filled with
the aching and burning hearts of those sending away their loved ones.
- Let's go this way.
- This old castle.
The walls are so beautiful.
It's so beautiful.
- You seem like a reporter.
- I really like this sort of thing.
I love the green.
- Let's go in and look around.
- Is that character 'hwa'?
- I think it's 'Hui.'
- Does that read 'Gwanghuimun?'
- From Hyehwamun
- to this Gwanghuimun. She's a volunteer guide who takes you through here.
- Then is the Arirang Hill is where the bier passed through
Gwanghuimun to go to the cemetery?
- Sure. It was a door where many corpses passed through.
The residents of Sindang area didn't like that, so recently,
they changed the Chinese character.
- To new 'sin.'
- That's right.
It's best to not use the name 'Sigumun' (the door where the corpses exit).
Its original name is Gwanghuimun.
Because the water flowed this way, it's also called Sugumun (Water Channel Gate).
Those two names are most often used. It was originally located over there.
Do you see over there?
- I see the wall.
- That wall.
- It was over there, but the roads were built,
so they couldn't restore it to its original location.
- Oh, this was restored. - It was.
- Let's go through. - How fascinating.
- Thank you so much. - Goodbye.
- Thank you. - Goodbye.
- (Narration) The old traces of history in Sindang area.
- I feel like that time from 700 years ago
is connected to me right here like this.
I can somehow feel the things that happened back then.
- Since you're trying to commune with this...
- In order to save time,
I'll take her with me.
- Ho-dong, Ho-dong.
Wait.
- Kyung-kyu, don't. She's my first love.
- In my opinion...
- I'm being dragged away at a fast speed.
- We're walking twice as fast.
- I met Joo-mi when I was 25 years old.
- He's talking about that again.
- At that time, our viewer ratings were tremendous. It was nearly 50%.
- Not again.
- We reached nearly 50%. You don't see that nowadays.
- There weren't many channels back then.
- At that time...
- I'm being taken by my clothes.
- If it wasn't for Rain Shower, perhaps
I wouldn't be on TV like this right now.
- I'm being treated like this.
- (Narration) The first loves' natural urge to chat
can't be stopped even with force.
- According to my memories...
- That's right.
- He was very protective.
- When I first debuted.
- Hello.
Oh my.
Nice to meet you.
Oh my, oh my.
- Hello, Lee Kyung-kyu.
- Yes?
We're just passing by. We're having dinner in this neighborhood.
- A meal.
- That's right.
- What kind of people live here?
- What?
Old people.
- The elders.
Are there young people?
- There aren't many young people.
- Not many.
- Kang Ho-dong.
- Ma'am.
- Your fan.
- Wow.
- What?
- In Sindang area, what's the ratio of apartments and houses?
- They're not listening to you.
- Wait. Who is the owner of this real estate office?
- This lady.
- You three...
- Since all three of you are asking.
- We work together.
- Ma'am, I don't know much, but long ago, it was Sindang Area 1 and 2.
But now, each area has its own name, right?
- Now it's Yaksu area.
The names have all changed.
- That's right.
- Ma'am, who is he?
- That's right.
- The twins' dad.
- What?
- The twins' dad. Wrong.
- Add one more.
- What?
What is it?
- Superman.
- The babies.
- Dae-han.
- This is too complicated.
We'll be going.
- Goodbye.
Best of luck.
- We've visited many real estate offices,
but today, we haven't acquainted any information from this place.
Yeah?
We kept listening to nonsense,
and we couldn't even tell which one was the owner.
- Men don't understand very well,
but when married women gather, the conversation flows like that.
There's no clear ending, and you don't know where it'll go.
You need to pick out the information you need from that.
Yeah.
- (Narration) The group of four move over to Sindang Area 2
to learn more about the area.
- This neighborhood is a bit different.
- It's more new...
- It's the same Sindang area, but it's a little different.
- Oh my.
- It's so beautiful.
- Sunflower.
- The small sunflower?
It's called 'sunflower' in English.
In our language it's haebaragi (sun gazer).
Don't you think that's much prettier?
- Oh, the memorable baby's breath.
High school girls have many memories with baby's breath from their school years.
We'd give baby's breath to friends or dry them.
When I see baby's breath, I think of my school years...
- Talk about baby's breath on a flower show.
- I've never seen such a show like this.
A show where I'm being dragged away.
- Our show is about having dinner. It's not a flower show.
- Yes.
- This neighborhood is the Jangchung area.
This is why the baby breath fit in. 'The foggy PARC de Jangchung.'
- Oh, if I do this...
Yes.
- Did you eat lunch?
I didn't know anything in advance.
- I didn't eat.
- I feel like dying of hunger.
- You must be hungry.
- But we can't eat.
- I heard we can't eat from now on.
- Yeah. - We can't.
- Oh my, oh my.
Kyung-kyu, Kyung-kyu.
Isn't this so pretty?
How do they stick to the wall?
- Because it can't stand on its own,
it finds a place to hold onto and climb.
- Oh my.
- This looks like a single housing.
- It's a single housing.
- From here all the way to there?
Il-gook, go for it.
- Now?
- No, later.
Not now.
Hurry, run.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Goal.
Wow, you're good at running.
You didn't go to school because it's Sunday.
- Yeah.
- What time do you eat dinner at home?
- We ate.
- What?
- Dinner.
- We ate.
- Did you already eat dinner?
- What time did you have breakfast?
- 7 AM.
- You ate early.
- How about lunch?
- 10 AM.
- How about dinner?
- 4 PM.
You don't eat? - From now on?
What time do you sleep?
- 9 PM.
- Do you sleep at 9PM?
Because of school tomorrow?
- What did you eat at 4 PM?
- I ate two hamburgers.
- Two hamburgers?
Two? - I ate two.
Not one but two?
That must have been a lot.
Are you full right now?
Good luck.
- Yes.
Goodbye. - Sure.
- Bye.
- The cars...
It smells.
- A lot of cars are parked.
Right?
- Yes.
- It looks like people are all at home.
- (Narration) With good feelings, the final time has come.
- Can we try right now?
- It has now started. - It has started.
- Are there any constraints on what I say when I ring the bell?
- For now...
- The camera. - The front door is open.
- Let's go.
- Can't we go in and knock on the door?
Do we have to ring the bell?
- The door bell.
Try it. Press it.
- I'm getting nervous.
- Show yourself to the camera. - Your face.
- Is anyone home?
- (Narration) Who will answer the king of questions?
- There's no sound.
- You're not deaf, right?
- Fail.
This place...
- Joo-mi, Joo-mi.
- Huh?
- This doesn't feel bad.
- It looks broken.
It's not making a sound.
- Press harder.
- Wait a bit.
- Press it.
- Is anyone home?
- Yes?
- Yes.
Hello.
- Hello.
The baby could wake up. I'm sorry.
Were you just about go out?
- Yes.
I was going to go out with my baby.
- You have your bag on.
I...
- Is it Let's Eat Dinner Together?
- You know so well.
Do you know who I am.
- Of course, I do.
- Who is it?
- Yes, thank you so much.
- You're prettier in person.
- Thank you so much.
- This was our first house for today. Are you going out?
- Yes.
- Can you show us your baby?
- Of course.
- It's an infant.
- Yes.
- Just two months old.
- 60 days.
- Please wait.
- Oh my.
Oh, my goodness.
So pretty.
- Is it a boy or a girl?
- A girl.
- Why are you going out and not eating at home?
- What?
It's my mother-in-law's birthday.
She lives nearby, so I'm taking my baby.
- You're on your way to your in-laws'.
- We'll be going.
- Yes.
- Have a nice dinner. - Be healthy.
Goodbye.
Happy birthday to your mother-in-law.
- Goodbye.
- Who is it?
- Yes, hello.
I'm the father of Dae-han, Min-gook, and Manse, actor Song Il-gook.
Do you know me?
- Song Il-gook?
I'm Song Il-gook.
- Yes.
- Hello.
We're filming a show where we eat dinner.
I was wondering if we could have dinner with you
and made bold to press your door bell.
Did you have dinner?
- We didn't yet.
Not yet?
Could we have dinner together?
- It doesn't matter.
- How can it not matter?
- Yes?
- We can have what you're having.
I brought my own spoon.
You just need to add one more spoon.
- He has a good voice.
- We won't do it.
- Yes?
Really?
Alright.
Enjoy your dinner.
Thank you.
- Yes.
- You're like a bulldozer.
- He has a good voice.
It doesn't matter.
- It doesn't matter.
- How can it not matter?
- Let's try a multiplex housing each and come down.
- Kyung-kyu, it's our turn.
- I know.
Did they go out for Sunday?
Maybe they went to church.
- Are there many evening services on Sundays too?
- Of course.
I didn't think of that.
- Is this broken?
There's no one home.
- This feels good.
- If someone's home.
- Someone needs to be home for us to do anything.
- This is what's difficult about the weekends.
- The golden time is passing.
- (Narration) The trials of a Sunday evening where it's hard to hear people's voices.
- I think he's trying.
Someone came out.
- Hello.
I'm here for JTBC's Let's Eat Dinner Together.
I'm actor Song Il-gook.
The father of Dae-han, Min-gook, and Manse. Do you know me?
We're doing a show where we eat dinner.
- Yes.
- If you didn't have dinner yet, is it alright for us to join?
There are two people.
- Someone came out.
Someone's coming out.
- Why me...
Oh, what's this?
- It'll be me and Song Il-gook.
- I live by myself.
- Hello.
- Did you have dinner?
- I have a habit of sometimes not eating the whole day.
- Were you planning on not having dinner?
- No, I should eat.
- It must be lonely to eat by yourself.
- I'm eating poorly, so I don't think I should be on camera.
- Alright.
- Thank you.
- Have a good evening.
Thank you.
- (Narration) They met someone, but he happens to be one who doesn't eat much.
- It's going to be a close game today.
It's 7 PM.
- Kyung-kyu, try the 2nd floor.
- Is anyone home?
Hello.
I'm actor Song Il-gook. Do you know me?
The father of Dae-han, Min-gook, and Manse.
- Oh.
- Hello.
- Yes.
- Hello, ma'am.
- We're doing a show where we eat dinner together.
Did you have dinner?
- Yes.
- Did you?
- Did you eat?
Oh, that's a shame.
When did you eat?
- I just came back from a dinner gathering.
- Oh, you ate at the gathering.
- It's already 7 PM.
- Today's Sunday.
- We're sorry to bother you.
Thank you.
- Joo-mi, let's go.
With our hearts.
Wait a little bit.
Hello?
- It's great just to see the lights on.
- Is anyone home?
- Yes.
- Hello, ma'am.
- Yes.
- I'm actor Song Il-gook.
- Yes?
- I'm the father of Dae-han, Min-gook, and Manse. Actor Song Il-gook.
Do you know me?
- Oh, yes.
- Do you know me?
- Yes.
- We're doing a show where we eat dinner together.
Did you have dinner?
- Not yet.
- Did you not have dinner yet? - Yes.
- If it's alright with you, can the two of us join you for dinner?
- Hello.
Yes?
- If it's alright with you, can the two of us join you for dinner?
- Hello.
- Yes.
- Yes?
- I have a guest at home.
- Oh, you have a guest.
I'm sorry. - I'm sorry.
- Have a good evening.
- I thought you would succeed.
- I feel like we're close.
Oh~!
It sounds good for now.
Let's calm down.
- My heart hasn't fluttered like this before.
Yes.
Hello.
- Yes.
- I'm Park Joo-mi.
If you don't know me well, did you watch the show that aired last year
on Saturday and Sunday? The Flower in Prison?
- Yes.
- In that TV series, I came out as the evil woman.
I played the role of Chung Nan-jung.
- Oh...
- We're filming Let's Eat Dinner Together.
Do you know the show?
- Yes.
We saw it.
- Do you suppose...
- Hello, sir. - Kang Ho-dong.
- So this is a show where Joo-mi and I go inside your house
and talk about this and that with you
and make a variety of conversations. - Hello.
- Son, sir. - Yes.
- Did you eat dinner?
- We didn't yet.
- If you didn't eat yet.
- I have to go to work after dinner, so we were just about to eat.
- Oh?
Sir, with whatever food you have,
would you talk about this and that and make memories with us?
- Our house is a mess.
- It's alright. - We can clean it up for you.
- Sir, to be exact, will you be
Joo-mi and my friend today?
- (Narration) Will the father accept them as family?
- Yes.
- Oh my gosh.
- Joo-mi was going to yield to you.
How can we go in first?
- But I'm so happy.
I'm so sorry, but I'm so happy.
Oh, my goodness.
- You keep going in first these days.
- I know.
- Hurry and go in.
- Please say a word of comfort.
Since we're going in first.
- I know.
- We have our pride.
Hurry and go in.
- We need to hurry up to succeed.
- Yes, yes.
Good luck. - Enjoy your dinner.
- Then for next time.
Kyung-kyu, go to the next house.
Il-gook, thank you.
- Goodbye.
- Yes.
- Il-gook. The father.
Song Il-gook.
The father of Dae-han, Min-gook, and Manse.
Please shake his hand.
- Manse's dad.
Dae-han, Min-gook, Manse.
Nice to meet you.
- We split into two teams.
We succeeded, and Il-gook and Kyung-kyu needs to hurry and go to another house.
- He's in a hurry.
- My goodness.
Ho-dong keeps going in first.
- Where are you going after dinner?
- I run a shop in Dongdaemun at night.
- That must be fun.
Then who lives in this house?
- My mother and my two sons.
- Two sons.
- Three generations live here.
Then can we go inside right now?
- Oh.
- Yes, thank you. - We'll go in.
- Please hold onto this.
Please hold onto this.
Joo-mi, you are filled with luck.
- I think so.
With the energy from the Korean wrestling champion and Jangchung area,
I didn't know I'd go in before Song Il-gook.
I didn't even imagine.
We'll go in.
- (Narration) On a Sunday evening in Sindang area,
the two join dinner first.
- Hello, ma'am.
- Ma'am.
- You are a clansman with her.
- Really?
- My last name is Kang.
- Nice to meet you.
Why is your grandson so good-looking?
This is nonsense.
Are you a celebrity?
Are you an actor?
Stand next to each other.
This looks like a press conference for a TV series.
The male star, the female star.
Who is she?
Work harder.
- I should.
I really should work harder.
- Then...
Oh, son.
The youngest son?
- Hello.
Everyone is so good-looking.
- How many years apart are you?
- Two years.
- You must have fought a lot.
- I've been shamed about my popularity.
Do you know who I am?
- No.
- Then where's your wife?
- At the shop in Dongdaemun.
We open shop for 24 hours.
- Since somebody needs to look after the shop, she's there right now.
What exactly do you do in Dongdaemun?
- We sell casual clothing for men.
- Men's clothing.
- These are what you'll be taking to the store after dinner.
- How many years have you been selling at Dongdaemun?
- I think it has been 29, 30 years.
- Then are you working with your father?
- I'm learning.
- The whole family has come together to run the shop.
- Should I cook?
- Just a little bit, ma'am.
Just enough for the boys, the father, and us
so that we can have a meal and go. - We only have one type of kimchi.
- We can just have kimchi, ma'am.
- Originally, people from the Jeolla Province eat only kimchi.
I'm from Gwangju.
- Oh, Gwangju?
- Yes.
- man, but you don't use any dialect.
- When I first came to Seoul, I used a lot of dialects.
- Oh my, that pot is pretty.
- I like fishing, I put this in the car to take with me
when I go fishing tomorrow, but I'm going to quickly cook with this.
- I'll cook the rice.
- Rice?
- Yes.
- Do you need my help?
- He'll cook.
- I caught a catfish last week. Should I cook catfish stew?
- That sounds good, sir.
- I was going to cook this tomorrow,
so I cleaned a wild-caught catfish.
- My goodness.
- I caught this when I went fishing last week.
Five days ago.
- This is wild-caught fish?
- Yes.
- Do you know who she is?
- My goodness.
- Is she an idol?
- She looks like an anchor.
- An anchor?
- I think we're in for a ride.
These boys behind me kept talking to themselves,
'Is she an actor?' when I could hear everything.
An anchor?
Do I look like an anchor?
- Like an idol.
I thought she was an idol.
- Oh, my goodness.
They said I look like an idol.
Oh my.
My age will be a secret until the end.
Until the end.
Don't anyone dare say my age.
- Just as we are right now, how old do we look?
- Maybe a year older than me?
- Hey, she's a married lady.
- How about you?
- Mid-thirties.
- I'm happy with anything.
For me, this house is like heaven.
Really.
- How old is your oldest child?
- Maybe she's over forty.
- My oldest child is 16 years old.
- Park Joo-mi has been told she looks 28.
- (Narration) Joo-mi is lucky for sure today.
In the meanwhile, the rice is cooking,
and the father is starting to cook the catfish stew.
- Do you normally cook a lot?
- Since I go fishing, when we're there,
we cook our own food to eat.
- He's a fishing maniac.
- Every two weeks, I go fishing for three days.
- Sir, how many onions should I peel?
- Two.
- Two?
Yes.
Into large pieces?
How about the green onions?
It'll be good if we add a lot, right?
- These are sacred figs.
Ma'am, what are these?
Aren't these sacred figs?
- No.
Tomatoes.
- Tomatoes.
- I picked them this morning.
- We farm them on the rooftop.
- Since it's home-grown, it's very chewy and firm.
Ma'am, it's so good.
- Those were ripe.
- Then this is the house, and you have a garden on the rooftop.
- There's a second floor just like this one.
My youngest son and my wife and I live there.
My mother and my oldest son live here.
My mother takes care of the garden on the rooftop.
- I raised these. I'll bring some more.
- Can I go look?
With her?
- If you want peppers, you can pick some too.
- Alright.
- Bring a pumpkin too.
- He said to bring a pumpkin.
- Pumpkin?
- There's a pumpkin, and it's our first harvest.
First harvest.
Then I'll have the honor of doing that.
- I'll add them to this fish stew.
- The way I see it, Park Joo-mi brings
a lot of fortune. I've said this several times today.
She's a lucky charm.
- (Narration) Lucky Joo-mi has gotten the chance to pick the first harvest.
A green rooftop spreads out before her eyes.
- (Narration) At the rooftop of Sindang area, Grandma has her own farm.
- Do you take care of everything here?
- Look.
Look at this.
There are two watermelons here.
- Oh my.
They're watermelons.
I've never seen a home-grown watermelon before.
I'm picking the first harvest.
I have the honor to do that.
The stem is soft like this.
It's their first pumpkin.
My goodness.
These vegetables are free of pesticides.
- We're done, right?
- I think it'll be so good to have dinner here too.
- Long ago, we used to grill pork belly here.
- If we bring the fish stew up here
and eat together, it'll be so nice.
- Our grandsons too.
- Excuse me for asking, but how is the economy these days?
- It's freakin' good.
- Good?
- It's freakin' good.
- There's a bite in his words.
- There's a bite in my words.
It's not so great. Recently, there haven't been that many tourists
coming from China overseas, so sales aren't that good either.
- There were many incidents recently.
Tourists from China and such places
should visit for there to be consumption.
- That's right.
- Dongdaemun's a famous place.
- That's right.
- For men's clothing,
where do you bring the inventory from?
- We bring them from wholesale stores nearby.
Recently, so many online shops have popped up,
so there isn't much of a merit to having an offline shop.
- So there's no other answer than to work hard for 24 hours.
- That's right.
Work hard, lure hard.
We need to try hard to sell.
The customer might like an item, but it might be the price he wants.
Then you need to bargain and win them over.
- The items could be similar and be priced the same as the ones next door.
First, you need to get them to come to your shop.
- Right.
- How do you get them to come in?
- So we just stand in front of the shop.
- Your father shouldn't stand in the front.
- If we stand in the front, then our parents do the selling.
- This is embarrassing.
- Sir, when politicians shake hands,
they can tell if this person will vote for them or not.
- Our sons can't feel that yet, but me and my wife
can tell if this person will buy or not.
If I say it with humor...
A customer who sticks his butt backward doesn't buy for sure.
- If he looks around like this with his butt out?
- Customers who look around hesitatingly.
Those who look around enthusiastically have interests,
so if you drop in some lines, then they'll buy.
- What an amazing know-how.
There are many TV series about Dongdaemun.
When you watch those shows, there are several comments
you use to keep the shop running.
I'll pass by.
Is there anything to wear?
- We carry big sizes.
- Please show me some big sizes.
- What size are you looking for?
- I'll check out the store next door.
- The store next door doesn't carry big sizes.
- Take a look.
- Are they only carried here?
- We're the only store that specializes in big sizes.
- A specialized store?
- Do you want to take a look?
- Yes, yes.
- Come inside and look.
- Yes, yes.
- Try them on.
- Thank you.
You're good at acting.
- My luck today and the energy of the Korean wrestling champion
are still overflowing.
Touch these peppers.
They're so firm and fresh.
- Oh my.
- These are all free of pesticides.
But sir, I have one request.
Can you grant my wish?
- Yes.
- At the rooftop, there's a place where
we can eat on a big table.
- Sir, can we eat outside?
- Sure.
Is that your wish?
- Yes.
- Then I'll clean up the rooftop.
I'll sweep the floor.
I'll do it.
- Use the mop.
- Although it's a wish, the sons could be uncomfortable.
Do you want to eat at the rooftop too?
- Sure.
- Is that alright with you, sir?
- Sure.
- Is it a go for everyone?
Go?
- Go.
- Go?
Go?
- Actually, her daughter-in-law said that if Kang Ho-dong rang the bell,
to not open the door.
It's fortunate that she's not home.
Because she's not home, we're being treated like this.
- Really?
- Really.
- But why did you open the door?
- My son did.
- My mother must have talked with my wife over the phone.
You were walking around, and since the house was messy,
she must have said not to open the door.
- (Narration) Thankfully, because the father didn't hear the message,
they were able to meet for a lucky meal.
The son is getting ready to open the rooftop restaurant.
A precious wild-caught catfish.
- Where can you get a wild-caught catfish?
- (Narration) The fresh, organic vegetables picked from Grandma's garden.
The fishing father's cooking skills are coming to light.
- With scissors.
- The way I do it when I go fishing.
- Look at the colors.
- I love this.
You know how to eat this, right?
My hands are clean.
Since I washed them, I'll give you one.
- For me? - Yes.
- Oh my.
- My goodness.
- Double thumbs-up.
- I haven't tried it yet.
- Try it.
- It looks good.
How good would it be?
- It's really good.
- Oh, it's good.
- It's really good.
- I mean, she made this, and if she says
it's good, then it's really good.
- It's really good.
It's really good.
Isn't it really good?
It's so good.
- It's good even to you, right?
- It's good. Goodness.
- It's so good.
- You're right.
- I vacuum-packed these to take with me when I go fishing.
Let's grill the pork belly and eat with the lettuce.
- Are you cooking us the food you were going to have at the fishing spot?
- This is for the stew.
This is the pork belly.
- Sir, then what will you eat when you go fishing tomorrow?
- I have some for the stew.
- The pork...
Give that to me. I'll carry the heavy stuff.
We're experiencing something special today.
Wow.
Wow, this is awesome.
Wow.
- Now you know why I wanted to come up.
Isn't it nice?
- It's the best.
- We can film a TV series here.
The vibe is so nice.
- Are there more?
- Sir, where is your workplace from here?
- Do you see that building?
We're right across from that.
- Wow, this is for outdoor fishing too.
A mini-size.
- He's a real master.
- We need to bring this to a boil.
- That's right.
- The eldest son.
This is really...
I'll take a picture.
Dinner at Sindang area.
One, two, three.
- (Narration) This is a meal cooked by the father with fresh ingredients,
and it is a dinner table that embraces the night scene of Sindang area.
- Then, ma'am, we'll enjoy the food.
- Yes.
- Thank you for the food.
- Clansman, enjoy.
- Thank you for the food.
- Please enjoy.
- It's nice to have a clansman visiting.
- The green onion kimchi is so good.
- (Narration) Joo-mi brings out her appetite with green onion kimchi.
- The lettuce wraps.
- (Narration) She unleashes her appetite with the fish stew
and goes all out with the lettuce wraps.
Ho-dong, who has had big luck of having lettuce wraps recently,
is boasting the size of his mouth with a huge lettuce wrap.
- It's so big.
Oh my.
- There are more.
- To us, our customers are kings.
- Scoop nicely.
- Our customers are kings.
- (Narration) The next stop for Ho-dong is the fish stew.
The eldest son, who had been quietly grilling the pork belly,
has also started to enjoy his father's fish stew.
While the wooden table is swaying with food on the rooftop of Sindang area,
the two men's legs sway as they search for dinner.
- Will we end up in the convenience store?
- Whew, this isn't easy.
Oh?
Hello.
- Hello, son.
Son.
- Did you have dinner?
- Yes.
- You did?
- Did you have dinner?
- Yes.
- Goodbye.
- Yes.
Hello.
- We ate.
- Did you?
Thank you.
- They're starting to come out.
Did you have dinner?
- Yes.
- Towards the end, if there's someone outside, we can talk to them.
Hello.
- Yes.
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- Oh, nice to meet you.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Did you have dinner?
- No, I didn't.
- And so...
Do you know this?
- It's a spoon.
- We're doing a show where we have dinner together.
So today, with Song Il-gook.
- We have the same last name.
- The same last name?
My, my.
So is your wife home?
- This isn't my house. It's my brother's. I came up from the province.
- You're visiting your brother.
Then could you invite us to have dinner together?
I'll go ask.
- Yes, yes.
He's going to ask.
Now this...
- Lee Kyung-kyu and Song Il-gook
are asking if they can join for dinner.
Why?
- The house is a mess.
- It doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter.
Thank you.
- It matters to the owner.
- Of course, of course.
- Nice to meet you.
- Yes.
- Oh, hello.
- They didn't eat yet.
- That's a problem.
- I know.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Who is it?
- Hello.
Sorry to bother you.
I'm actor Song Il-gook.
Do you know me?
- Yes.
- Actually, we're doing a show where
we eat dinner together.
If you haven't eaten dinner yet, we'd like to ask if we can join.
- No.
But what is this for?
- Hello.
- Yes.
- Hello.
I'm comedian Lee Kyung-kyu, ma'am.
- Yes.
- We're walking around for dinner...
Especially for today, it is Song Il-gook and me.
Did you eat?
- What?
- No, I won't do it.
- You won't...
Alright.
- We're sorry.
- Yes.
- Oh my, the time.
- We have 35 minutes, 40 minutes left.
We have 40 minutes left.
- (Narration) Contrary to his words, their footsteps are getting faster.
Even though they're running around,
there are no replies this Sunday evening in Sindang area.
- Where did everyone go on a Sunday?
Your shoelaces are undone.
- Man, do you suppose we're going to fail?
1, 2.
I think this is it.
Do something.
I can't believe they're rejecting Jumong.
- That startled me.
- Nobody's home. Nobody's home because it's the weekend.
- Who is it?
- Yes.
I'm actor Song Il-gook.
- Why?
- We're doing a show where we eat dinner together.
- We don't eat dinner.
- You don't eat dinner?
Yes, alright.
- Why don't they eat dinner?
- Hello.
- Excuse us.
I'm comedian Lee Kyung-kyu.
Do you know me?
- Yes, I do.
- This evening, I've come to Dangsan area with a spoon in my hand.
This is a show where we eat dinner and talk together.
So if you haven't eaten dinner yet,
could we join you for dinner?
- I'm the only one at home.
- That doesn't matter, sir.
- Is this alright?
- Of course.
As long as you open the door for us.
- (Narration) Will he open the door to his heart?
- Yes, I'll do it.
- What's this?
He said yes.
Wait.
Oh, hello.
Nice to meet you. - Hello.
- Song Il-gook.
Actor Song Il-gook.
- Nice to meet you.
- What's your name?
- I'm Oh Jong-seong.
- Oh.
- Jong-seong.
- Can we go in and have dinner with you?
- There are no side dishes or anything. - It's alright.
- It doesn't matter at all. - It doesn't matter.
Then is it alright?
- Yes, yes.
It's messy.
It doesn't matter.
- It doesn't matter at all.
- (Narration) As desperate as they were, with a joyful heart,
they join the dinner with the father who is home alone.
- Where do you usually eat?
- Here.
- Then we'll join you here.
Here.
- Oh, this is...
- No, no.
- It's so messy.
- It doesn't matter...
- There are no side dishes. We only have kimchi.
- Sure, sure. - Just simply.
- Puppy.
- How pretty.
- What's the puppy's name, sir?
- Pipi.
Pipi, Pipi.
Pipi.
It's alright.
Pipi.
Sir.
- Yes.
- How about your wife?
- She went out somewhere.
- When is she coming home?
- I think she'll come right back if I call her.
- Really?
Do you want to call your wife?
- Yes, yes.
- Tell her that we came by and you opened the door for us,
and ask her if we can have dinner with you.
If she says no, then we have to go out.
- Really?
- Even the rice looks good since I'm hungry.
- I didn't eat lunch either.
- Yes.
- Is she not answering?
- The phone is... - Yes?
- The phone is...
- Let's eat for now.
- Yes?
There are no side dishes or anything.
- We only need rice.
I didn't have lunch, so I feel like dying.
- What side dishes...
We only have very basic side dishes.
- It doesn't matter at all.
- We'll take them to the table.
Just set up the table just like you would normally do.
- Should I fry something?
- No, just set up the table like you normally would do.
- It's a feast.
- Great.
- (Narration) On the dinner table for three are all the side dishes
prepared by his wife that were stored in the fridge.
- Go ahead, sir.
- Yes.
- If your wife calls in the middle
and says no, we'll go out.
- (Narration) This is a home-cooked meal with five side dishes
prepared by the wife for her husband to have while she is away.
- I'm sorry that there is nothing else.
- It's alright. It's a feast.
- Great.
Thank you for the food.
Thank you for opening the door.
Alright, alright.
- Thank you for the food. - Yes, yes.
There's nothing prepared.
If my wife had come home, she'd cook you some meat and other dishes.
- (Narration) And his eating has started.
The super eating show of Super Daddy, who hasn't eaten all day.
The question fairy is gone, and there is only the eating fairy.
Even Kyung-kyu, who has gotten close to the convenience store,
is satisfied with a perilla leaf wrap.
- This is good.
- (Narration) The father, who almost ate alone,
has found his energy.
- Do you often have dinner alone
on Sundays?
- Yes.
- Really?
- They all go out.
Sometimes our family eats together.
- It's the weekend.
Please excuse me, but where did your wife go?
- She goes to the mountains.
- What?
- The mountains.
- Hiking.
Which mountains do people go to a lot here in Sindang area?
- The mountains?
- Yes.
- I'll have one more bowl.
- Yes, yes.
- I'm so hungry.
- Nam Mountain is nearby too.
- Il-gook is having another bowl of rice.
- There happens to be a bowl.
- You really came to eat rice.
- Because I'm really hungry.
- We have some sliced watermelons.
I'll put it here.
- No, no.
We can have it as it is.
The kimchi is very good.
Do you prepare food for yourself at home?
- Having rice with side dishes like this happens
only once or twice a week.
We usually eat the leftovers from what we make for the kids.
- Really?
- We don't have the time to prepare food for ourselves.
It's crazy enough to feed the kids.
- That's right.
- Since you have three kids.
- It must be hectic.
- We cook a bigger portion and take a bite as we feed the kids.
- Do you cook yourself?
- During the weekends, I sometimes cook alone.
My wife is busy, so sometimes she has to go to work on the weekends.
Then I have to take care of three kids by myself.
I cook for my kids.
- Who eats breakfast?
- With my son and my wife.
- Excuse me, but how many children do you have?
- We have two sons.
- Two sons?
Are they all married?
- No.
Only my youngest son got married.
- He got married first.
- Yes.
- That looks like your grandchild.
- Yes.
- How old is your grandchild?
- She turned two this year.
- She's two now?
- Yes.
- Then that's a picture from when she was younger.
If she's two, that's when they're the cutest.
- Granddaughter.
- How old is your eldest son?
- He's 27.
- How far apart are your sons in age?
- Two years.
- Two years?
Did they fight a lot growing up?
- They did.
- Have you ever been in a position of
being the parents of the assailant or the victim?
- No.
- Fortunately, you haven't been in that situation.
The play that I'm in right now is about that.
- What a strange way to promote.
I thought you had been in that position.
From what I see, if your eldest son is 27,
you don't look that old.
- Yes, yes.
I'm 51.
- Then when did you get married?
- You got married early.
- 23?
What?
Because you got married when you were 23,
your youngest son also got married when he was 25.
Was it a shotgun marriage? - No.
- What?
That's not it?
Why did your son get married so early?
- It was a shotgun marriage.
- In my opinion, if I dare to speak, we've walked around all of
Sindang Area 1 today, and although we haven't been to the rooftops,
this is the best rooftop and the most beautiful house of Sindang Area 1.
- How lucky.
We're lucky.
- This house was built in 1995.
My mother wanted to grow some vegetables here.
The rooftops of other houses were built like this,
but we made ours flat and made a bigger rooftop.
- 23 years ago.
This isn't just a house. It's built with your dreams and your sweat.
- Since he built this himself.
When your son gets married, this house will be
big enough for everyone to live together.
- He'll probably live somewhere else.
- He's smiling.
He's not saying anything.
- What are you going to do?
- I'll enjoy the newlywed life a bit.
- For how many years?
- About 10 years.
- What's that?
10 years means you're living separately.
I moved in with my in-laws as soon as I got married.
There are many good aspects.
It's really good for the kids.
Of course, you get upset at times when you live together,
but I think that's how you grow close.
- I agree.
- A wild-caught catfish is quite different.
- It's this big.
- Can you catch one of that size?
- For three days, I caught 15.
- Isn't it boring if you sit around for three days like that?
- Instead, I don't do anything else.
- The only enjoyment, fishing.
- Just one.
- In his point of view, it's so wonderful.
But in his wife's point of view...
If I was in that position...
I don't think your wife is okay with that.
- No, I do what I need to do.
She doesn't argue with me about that, since that's the only thing I do.
- Then what's her enjoyment?
Yours is fishing.
- She's at the shop right now.
- That's what I'm saying.
- Is it possible to call her at this hour?
- Try.
- Turn on the speaker.
Father.
- Hello.
- Yeah.
- Are you busy?
- I'm not busy.
- Wait.
Mom, wait.
- Wait.
- Why?
- Ma'am.
- Yes, yes.
- Who am I?
- Oh my.
Is it Kang Ho-dong?
- How did you know?
- Your voice.
- This afternoon, I heard you said that if Kang Ho-dong rings the bell,
you told your mother-in-law to never open the door.
I heard you said that.
- No...
Oh, my goodness.
- If Kang Ho-dong rings the bell, never open the door.
Did you say that or not?
- Oh no.
- But we're at the rooftop eating.
- Oh my, the house is so messy.
Oh my.
- The house is so clean.
- No, the house is a mess.
Oh no.
- No, but you need to bring things to and from Dongdaemun
and your house, so you can't do much about the load.
- They're our inventory.
- The business is not doing so well these days.
- No, I feel so great right now.
- I don't mean your feelings...
You're feeling great, but I heard the business isn't doing so well.
I heard the sales aren't doing so well.
- Yes.
- Sometimes your husband goes on a three-day fishing trip.
Do you not have a single complaint about that?
- I don't. It's great.
- Why?
- Yes, it's great.
- Why? You'd get worried if he goes on a three-day fishing trip by himself.
- I'm not worried at all.
He's so kind and family-oriented, so he's great.
- But then you have to work by yourself.
- I'm alright.
- Ma'am.
- Yes.
- This is what I'm so thankful and grateful for my husband.
I praise these things.
Please say three compliments.
- Oh my.
Honey, thank you for being great to both our parents and for being so kind.
- A compliment.
- The second one.
- Thank you for always being dedicated and considerate for me.
- The third one.
- We talk a lot together. He's so amazing.
- Tell him, honey, I praise you.
- Honey, I praise you.
- Sir, compliment your wife too.
Sir, the first one.
- Thank you for marrying me and giving birth to our two sons
and for living with me up until now.
- The second one.
- Thank you for taking care of my mother as we live together.
Third, because you are a strong woman,
we were able to live this much.
We don't live off of our appearances, but thank you for letting us live
without having to worry about what to eat every meal.
- Thank you too.
I love you.
I'm always thankful and grateful.
- How romantic.
- Their confession of love is so...
- Who will you marry in the next life?
- My husband.
Seo Young-yeol.
- How about you, sir?
- Me too.
- Your sons...
- Yes.
- They have something to thank you and praise you.
Son, tell your mother.
- Tell her you love her.
- Thank you for raising us to be healthy, and I'm happy that you and dad
are my mom and dad.
I love you, Mom.
- Don't cry, don't cry.
Ma'am, are you crying right now?
- She was moved.
- Thank you so much. - Oh no.
- On the count of three, say we love you, Mother.
One, two, three.
- We love you, Mother.
- I love my family too.
- Ma'am, you had a long day today.
- Ma'am, stay healthy.
- Thank you so much.
- Yes.
- Wow, this is no joke.
You dropped some great lines.
You moved your mother.
She became quiet, right?
I think she probably cried.
- Even I feel like crying. - She cries very well.
- (Narration) Love is blooming on the rooftop of Sindang area.
And another dinner table.
- How long have you been living in Sindang area?
- It's been a long time since I moved from Jeju Island.
- Are you from Jeju Island?
- Yes.
- Oh~.
- I moved here in 1982.
- Where in Jeju Island did you live?
- Near Seongsan Ilchulbong.
- Oh, near Seongsan Ilchulbong.
- Yes.
Near there.
- You're originally from Jeju Island, right?
You moved here from Jeju Island.
Where did you first live?
- I've been living here all throughout.
- In Sindang area?
- Yes.
- Then for 30 years.
- Yes.
- Where did you meet your wife?
- I met her here in Sindang area.
- In Sindang area?
- Yes.
So my in-laws all live here.
- In Sindang area.
- All in Sindang area.
Her sisters.
- All in Sindang area?
- You're a native of Sindang area.
- Then Sindang area must be your second hometown, right?
- Right.
From Ilchulbong to Sindang area.
Why did you move to Seoul?
Yes?
- At that time, it was hard
to make a living in Jeju Island.
- To get a job.
- It must have been hard living on an island.
- What do you do?
- Me?
- Yes.
- I'm a car mechanic at Janghanpyeong.
- Janghanpyeong?
- I work on repairing trucks.
- I know very well.
- The handles and the electric wiring inside.
- I see.
- The areas are all different.
- What did your wife do?
- She sewed and tailored.
Making clothes and such.
- There are many places for that here.
- Sewing.
Near Dongdaemun.
- That's right.
There are many sewing shops.
There are many related industries in Sindang area.
- It's mostly that.
Sindang area itself. - That's right.
Who introduced your wife to you?
Or how did you meet her?
- What?
- Where and how did you meet her.
- I saw her on the street.
- What?
- Each other.
- Not at work or church. - I saw her.
- You really saw her on the street and fell in love.
- On the street?
- My wife saw me,
and she's actually the one who approached me.
We lived in the same neighborhood, and we would run into each other.
- You'd run into each other?
- After a drink or two, we'd run into each other.
- So as you kept seeing her,
you came to like her, so you proposed.
- Yes.
- What did you like about her?
Yes?
- I liked her at first glance.
So I decided to see her.
- I see.
What was so nice about her?
- She's great now too.
- How long did you date?
- About two years.
- You married pretty fast.
Did you decide you wanted to marry her when you first saw her?
- Yes.
- At first glance.
- (Narration) The man from Jeju Island fell in love with the woman in Sindang area
at first glance and settled down here.
The same-aged couple still lives happily together in this neighborhood.
- I met my wife on a blind date, but at first glance,
I thought I should marry that woman.
I felt that way too.
- Since we finished eating, let's try calling her.
If she tells us to leave, we'll leave.
- Then did we fail or succeed?
We finished eating.
- Stay still.
I'm a good man.
I'm a dog's daddy.
Why do you keep barking?
You shouldn't disturb the show.
If she isn't answering, it's okay.
If she isn't answering...
Is she not answering?
She must be having fun.
- Yes.
- Say a few compliments about your wife. What kind of person is she?
- She supports me very well and does everything I ask her.
She's also very good to the kids.
That's the best.
- Are you upset about anything?
- I'm upset that she's not answering.
- Not answering the phone? - Yes.
- Another one.
Another one.
- That's it.
- Is there anything you want to ask of your wife?
- Answer the phone.
How did you save her number on your cellphone?
- I kept calling her so much that I deleted her number.
- What?
- I deleted her number.
- What this is is that since she wouldn't answer the phone,
he erased her name and calls her by the number.
- I put in three hearts
and saved her as 'My Love.'
- With hearts.
- My love.
- That's what you did.
- You got angry.
- And deleted her contact.
- He deleted it.
- How many times do you call her?
- Only in the evenings. After I have a drink of soju,
I keep calling her every day.
- Oh, you press her number when you drink.
So now.
- So now.
- I don't call her when I don't drink.
- I got it.
He'd drink and come home and press her number.
He deleted her contact to not make that mistake again.
- Even today, she's not answering for no reason.
If he called this much, normally she'd call back.
- But she's thinking he drank again.
- Do you drink often?
- I drink every day.
- How much can you drink?
Soju.
- About three bottles.
- Do you not fight often?
- Of course they would. - We do.
- What's the main subject?
- Answer the phone when I need you.
Because of that.
- Please don't fight because of us today.
- Yes.
- They'll fight today.
They're going to fight big time today.
- She called back.
- Did she?
She did.
- Hello.
- She called.
- On TV, for Let's Eat Dinner, Lee Kyung-kyu...
- Is he home right now?
- We're eating dinner.
- What are you eating?
- Just with the side dishes at home.
- Oh, really.
- Say hello.
- We can hear you.
- Hello.
- Ma'am.
- Hello, ma'am.
I'm Lee Kyung-kyu.
- Hello.
Ma'am, I'm the father of Dae-han, Min-gook, and Man-se, actor Song Il-gook.
- We don't have anything to eat at home.
- No.
- We ate two bowls of rice.
- What?
- We enjoyed your side dishes very much.
- We don't have any side dishes.
- Oh, he brought out the kimchi and the watermelon.
- Did he?
- Yes.
And you also had brown rice.
We enjoyed the rice very much.
Where are you?
- I'm at Jungang Traditional Market, so it's going to take a while.
- Jungang Traditional Market.
- Yes.
- Yes, we called in the middle.
You didn't answer the phone.
- I was hanging out after work.
With my husband,
my husband is a good man, so have fun talking with him.
- We had a great time.
- Did you?
- Yes, yes.
- You have great cooking skills.
- Thank you. - Ma'am.
- Yes?
- From now on, answer the phone when your husband calls.
- Yes, alright.
- Talk to her.
- Yes.
- Hello.
- She just hung up.
- If it's alright, can I invite you to my play?
- Sure, sure.
That's right.
We need to promote your play. Where is it being played?
- At the Seoul Arts Center.
At the Seoul Arts Center from June 23 to July 23.
The title is Carnage.
Two children fight, and the parents of the assailant
and the victim meet, and it's a story about what happens between them.
It's very fun.
I'll invite your entire family. - Alright.
You finished.
You can say more.
- It's alright.
- If we take a family picture together,
this show will frame it and deliver it to you in two days.
- A family picture?
- A family picture.
- It's so sad that my wife is not here.
I don't think we've taken a family picture.
We haven't taken a family picture yet.
- Your wife...
So your wife...
- Maybe we can Photoshop her.
- We'll try.
We'll take a picture together and leave a space for her,
and if you send us her picture...
- Not so obviously.
- We'll edit her in and frame the picture.
Let's try that.
Let's take a family picture.
- Where are you going?
- What?
- Where are you going?
- What?
- Grandma.
- I'll go downstairs.
- Take a picture before going.
- I should take the picture with long sleeves.
- I'll bring it.
- No, I'll go find it.
- I should wear long sleeves.
- Where did Grandma go?
- She went to dress up.
- We Kang clan are sensitive about fashion.
- I wore a shirt.
- How pretty.
- That looks much better.
- What?
- That looks much better.
- Did you buy that today?
- How did you know?
- Let's put her here.
- Aha.
- That'll work.
- One, two.
- Thank you.
- Sindang
- (Narration) Using photo editing skills for the first time on the show,
the family picture of the 55th house has been recreated.
And the 56th house of the misters.
- Thank you so much for giving us great memories.
If Ho-dong and Kyung-kyu come by, give them dinner.
- Let's Eat Dinner Together.
- Good luck, Let's Eat Dinner Together!
- We're here 3 hours earlier than usual.
- I know.
- I think it's a hit or miss.
- Are they out of their minds?
- Come out, come out.
- Narae.
- Oh my.
- Go to the place decided by chance
and have dinner. Hurry up.
- Gwangju.
- Where in Gwangju do we go?
- Where should we go in Gwangju?
- Please recommend a neighborhood.
- An area worth recommending.
Where would it be?
- This way.
- This way?
That's not it.
- Turn right and cross the bridge.
- Turn right before the bridge?
- Wait.
- Nobody came.
- We're following the path.
- I'm starting to see what we saw online.
- I'm comedian Park Narae.
Do you know who I am?
- You must be Park Narae.
- Can we have dinner together?
- Yes, nobody's home.
- But you're home.
Ma'am.
Did you see this before?
- Now, everyone, come have some sausage stew.
Sausage stew, stew.
- What are you doing in front of the door?
- That's good.
The Russian dance.
- Is there anything we can help with?
- We have guests doing the dishes.
- What?
We talked about this before.
We become family sharing a meal.
I'm doing the dishes as a family.
- I'll wash off the soap.
- Really?
Then these are already washed.
- Oh, they're squeaky clean.
- Oh my, I haven't even done this with my husband.
I haven't done this once after getting married.
- (Narration) Dinner with the first love from 23 years ago ends with the dishes.
- About washing the dishes, all we need to do is close the lids.
There's nothing much to wash.
I can just put them in here, right?
- Yes.
- (Narration) The three men join forces to clean up.
- Do you wash the dishes often at home?
- There's no way I can't.
I have three kids.
- I see you've got some skills.
- When they were born, I washed 20 ~ 30 bottles.
- You kept cleaning them?
- (Narration) With the acquired skills from washing the triplets' bottles,
he has cleaned the three men's bowls.
- We've met such great people.
- Right?
- By looking into these people's lives,
I thought I should also do this at home.
I realized there were some things I lacked.
- We've again had a meal at Sindang area today.
Good luck.
- (Narration) The DJ from back in the days have become the father of triplets.
His first love has become an energetic housewife.
In Sindang area, there are no longer the grandmas who made tteokbokki,
nor the high school students who were wild about baseball,
new memories of new families continue.
Like the memories from the past, will you have dinner with us?
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